Sec. 153.372. NONPARENT APPOINTED AS JOINT MANAGING CONSERVATOR. (a) A nonparent, the Department of Family and Protective Services, or a licensed child-placing agency appointed as a joint managing conservator may serve in that capacity with either another nonparent or with a parent of the child.
(b) The procedural and substantive standards regarding an agreed or court-ordered joint managing conservatorship provided by Subchapter C apply to a nonparent joint managing conservator.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.045, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 153 - Conservatorship, Possession, and Access
Subchapter G. Appointment of Nonparent as Conservator
Section 153.371. Rights and Duties of Nonparent Appointed as Sole Managing Conservator
Section 153.372. Nonparent Appointed as Joint Managing Conservator
Section 153.3721. Access to Certain Records by Nonparent Joint Managing Conservator
Section 153.373. Voluntary Surrender of Possession Rebuts Parental Presumption
Section 153.374. Designation of Managing Conservator in Affidavit of Relinquishment
Section 153.375. Annual Report by Nonparent Managing Conservator
Section 153.376. Rights and Duties of Nonparent Possessory Conservator